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Seeing the Light: A Response to “Chasing the Light” (2019)

Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 110
Issue: 2
Pages: 283-289

URI: https://www-journals-uchicago-edu.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/703514

DOI: 10.1086/703514

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In defense of his claim that a primary concern of ancient optical theorists was the physics of light, the author of “Chasing the Light” offers Plato’s account of light, color, and sight in the Timaeus as a case in point. This brief essay scrutinizes that case in detail in order to show that, in fact, the main focus of Plato’s account was not on the physics of light but, rather, on the functioning of sight. Plato, in short, was “chasing” sight, not light.

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Article Isidoros Katsos (2019) Chasing the Light: What Happened to the Ancient Theories?. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 270-282). unapi

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